SCIENTIFIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scientific mean? 

• SCIENTIFIC (adjective)
  The adjective SCIENTIFIC has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to the practice of science

2. conforming with the principles or methods used in science

  Familiarity information: SCIENTIFIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCIENTIFIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the practice of science

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

scientific journals

Pertainym:

scientific knowledge (knowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Conforming with the principles or methods used in science

Context example:

a scientific approach

Similar:

technological (based in scientific and industrial progress)

Attribute:

scientific knowledge (knowledge accumulated by systematic study and organized by general principles)

Antonym:

unscientific (not consistent with the methods or principles of science)

 Context examples 

This atlas is a critical resource for the scientific community interested in how individual genomic variation leads to biological differences, like healthy and diseased states, across human tissues and cell types.

(NIH completes atlas of human DNA differences that influence gene expression, National Institutes of Health)

And when the scientific men set a watch on the man, they knew too.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Released to the scientific community, the map visualizes data gathered by U.S. government sensors from 1994 to 2013.

(New Map Shows Frequency of Small Asteroid Impacts, Provides Clues on Larger Asteroid Population, NASA)

The scientific study of living organisms.

(Biology, NCI Thesaurus)

The scientific name is Melaleuca alternifolia.

(Melaleuca alternifolia, NCI Dictionary)

A written summary of the important points of a scientific article.

(Abstract, NCI Thesaurus)

The only time they got together they got slangin' because they couldn't agree upon the scientific classification of these red-headed devils that had got hold of us.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The project is significant not only because of the scientific results, but also because it is likely to capture the imagination of people on the street.

(Star Explosion Could Change Night Sky, VOA News)

The scientific name for the seahorse is Hippocampus, also the name of an important part of the human brain.

(Tiny Neptune Moon Spotted by Hubble May Have Broken from Larger Moon, NASA)

Bringing together multiple scientific disciplines to address specific issues.

(Multidisciplinary, NCI Thesaurus)